West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-02-17


arb,ter OF nations IL the world would allow
A. lt could 20 day step ia between Germany
and France and sottle tho trouble about Al
shce 0nd Lorraine, and between Russia aud
bulgaria, and between England aud her Ru-
tagonists, and between all tho other nations
thot arc lying at each others throats, and
command peace and disband armies,
sud harness for tho nlow thu war
horsct now being hit he'd to ammunition
wagons, or saddled for cavalry charge
lhat time must come or, through tho In.
creased facility for shooting men and blow
ing mp cities aud whclmiug hp,ts to instant
d ath, 50 thatw can Kill regiment easier
than we could on O Kill "a company. and kill
brigade easier than we could once kill "A
regiment tho patent oillccs OF the world
moro busy than ever Ia recognizing now
ehgln'rN of destruction, tho human
race will aftor awhile. so fighting with
one arm. and hobhliug with one foot, aud
stumbling along with QUO eve, aud somo in.
geniouS inventor inspired Of tho archangcl
OF all mischief, viii Contrivo machine that
Will hoye hole TO the earth's ccnter and
some desperate nation will throw into thns
hole enough dynamite 20 blow this hulk of "a
planet into fragments, dropping like ms.
teorlc stones ON surrounding stellar hnbta-
tons
But this shall not be, for whatevcr else
let go, | hany ON to my bible, which tolls
me thRt tho hlacNSmths shop shall yet como
!" ltS grandcst uSc whom the warrior aud tho
huStantmau shall cntor IL sido hy side and
tho soldier shall throw into its bank OF nros
his sword, R1d tho farmer shall pick 10
up Ilolghsharc, and tho straightcst
spear shall ho bent into crook at each end,
and then cut i'm two, and what was ono speuf
shn bc two pruning hooks Down with
Molo n aud up with Christi Lot no moro
war horSo' eat oHt OF tho mangcr whore Jesus
was born.
Pcnco Forever roll of tho sky tho black
pillars OF smoke. from tho Marengos and
Salamancas and Borudinos and Gottysburgs
on '9rthl And right attor thon, roll into
Tue heavens tho uoaCcful vapors from tho
chlmneys of tarmhouses. and asylums, aud
churches, aud capitals of Christian nations
and, as tho sunlight strikes through
these vapors they will write i'm letters
OF jet and gold all over tho sky from horizon
To zenith; GLORY 10 God in tho highest. and
on earth peace good will 90 menl" Then let
all the mon war fire brondsidc aud all
me iortS thunder forth n rcsounding voley
and tho earth be girdled with tho Cannoundo
over tho final victory OF the truth
While th nking OF the "a things looked out
from my wiz low, aud the wind was violently
blowing. And saw from many Chmneys
the smoke tossed I'm tho air and whirled in
great velocity, volume after volume, fold
aiter fold, and carried on the swift wind
were tho great pillars OF smok,. And helpod
ly Solomon i'm the text saw tho speed of
the church symboliged DO you realize
Ga" momentum the Church Of God n under,
Why, the smoke of a chimney on tho top OF
Mount Washington when the wind il blow.
Ing sixty miles the hour, Is slow as com,
pared with the Celciity OF good influences
For htty-nine centuries ths devil had it his
own way among the nations. Nearly all tho
great missionary movements have been
started within the century, and SEQ what ono
century has done 20 recover tho world from
hity-nine centuries of devastation Whnt
great revivalS' What mighty churches
What saved millionsl What advancing civ.
1ilntonl In all the Unitol Statos. Great
Britain ireland, France Germany. ItnI
full freedom To worship Go according TO con
science. Along the coasts OF China, japan and
Africa tho batteries arc planted which are %
take oil those empires FOR God aud civiliLa-
ton. From tho ruins uf Babylon and AZ.
syria, and Ninevch and the valleys OF the
Nile, combinations have been exhlned prov
ing To all falr-minded men that tho Bible is
the truest book ever written. Tho mytholD-
gioS OF Egypt wore found 60 have OuboIieJ
In them the knowledge OF mans expulsion
from Paradise. and the sacrifice OF a great
ennncipator. Mosess account OF tho creation
corroboratcd 10y tho hammer OF Christian
gcOlog,ts; the oldest profnno writer's liko
Hiromus, Hclanicu,, aud Bcrosus. confirm
ing the Bible account OF ancient longevity.
lacitus and Pliny confirming tho Bible
account OF destroyed SUdom and Gomor-
rah; Tacitus and PorphyI'y telling the
same story of Christ as Matthew and Luko
told Macrobus telling Of the massacre of
children In Bethlehem. and Phlegon sket IN
inG tho darkness al the crncinxion. IL is de-
mprstratcd 60 all honest mon that IL is not so
certain TINT William Cullen Byraut wrote
Ihanntopsis or Bongfolloy wrote Hinwathn,
rs that God bY the hand OF prophet and
apostle wrlto the Bible An the wise men
I'm % ionCc and law aud medicine and litera-
ture and merchandise are gradually coming
10 believe in Christianity, aud soon their
VIII DO no people who disbelieyo i'm 10 except
those conspicuous for lncg of brain or mon
with two families who do not like tbe BibIo
because II rcbukcs their swinish propcn tiles
The time Is Fastening when there will be
no inlidcls left except libcrtncs and harlots
and murlercrs. Millions of Christians where
Ince there wero thousands aud thou ,ands
whore on there we're hundreds. What
bright q. oung this. tho evening Of
the nincte nth century: aud the twcn-
10th century. which viii dawn In
thirteen years from now, viii in my opinion.
bring universal victory for Christ aud the
Church that now is marching on with steD
double luick. or, 10 yOi prefer tne figure OF
tn tett u being swept ON in tho mighty
gales Of blessing, imposing and grand and
ma e.tic and swift like pillars Of smoke.
'Oh, come into the Church through Christ
tho door. door more glorious than that of
Tho Temple OF Hercules which had two pil-
lars and ono was gold aud the other emeraldl
Come in q day Come in aud bc one of the
ctornal yictors The world Won leave behind
is poor world, and 90 will burn aud pas of
like pillars of smoke Whethor tile nnni con
i grafton viii start in the ccnl mines Of
foungs lvnuig viii % Iu some piaras have for
many wears ioeu b.ruinp aud eating into
tLe heart ~ the mountains or whether il
thaii begin noor the California gcysrs or
whether from out the furnaces OF Cotopa1
aud NomviuI and Str0mbOli, 10 shall burst
forth upon the astonisbod nations I make
no prophecy, but all geooRIsts toll ms
that we stand on tho lid OF a world
tho heart ~ which is raging flame,
and after a while the probability 4 that these
red monsters will burst out Of their impris-
onmcut ~ centuries. aud it will be a blaze
thnt wi ] De seen i'm other worlds. But after
while these flames will BEGIN 20 expire and
they will go down aud tho round globo will
De living coal and after that tho living coal
viii take on an ashcu hue Then 10 VII begin
% smoke, and tho mountains will smoke
and the yh leys will smoke. and
tho islands will smoke aud tho sras will
smoke. and the ays continonts viii
De five pillars Of smoke, and then
those columns ~ vappr all begin 20 lose their
density, and they viii lessen, AID they can
hardly b. seen now as from the sky galleries
the inhabitants 0f other worlds watch them.
EinallY, there will bo only ona cimlins
vapor OF smoke Then that will vanish,
and there will bo nothing loft
but the charrcl hulk Of burned out world,
the corpse Of "a dead star. the ashes of an OK
tiuguiehed planet. q fallen pillar Of smoke.
But thnt will not hurt any Of your invest.
monts N you have made the Lord your pOr-
ton From your heavenly home you can
look down up 10 q dismantiod, disrupted and
demolished arth without any perturbation.
When wrapped in fire the realms Of ether
glow.
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